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paperback. Ian Ward places contemporary political and jurisprudential responses to terrorism within a broader literary, cultural and historical context. Series: Law in Context. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JPWL; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521740210
- ISBN
- 9780521740210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.90
€ 35.90
Noted for her witty depictions of English country life and sharply satirical views of class structure and human behavior, 19th-century novelist, Jane Austen's works possess a timeless appeal for both general readers and literary scholars. This volume showcases essays from Austen's own time period and beyond that create a portrait of this writer. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Classic Critical Views. Num Pages: 189 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791095607
- ISBN
- 9780791095607
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.83
€ 52.63
€ 48.83
Paperback. * An inspiring guide to the creative output of the United States in the postwar period. * Embraces diversity, covering Vietnam literature, gay and lesbian literature, American Jewish fiction, Italian American literature, Irish American writing, emergent ethnic literatures, African American writing, jazz, film, drama and more. Editor(s): Hendin, Josephine. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121804
- ISBN
- 9781405121804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.31
€ 56.31
Hardcover. Although often embroiled in controversy and public debate, Spender's all consuming passion was literature. This is a serious literary biography which quotes extensively from Spender's writing and shows its relationship to the major political and social events with which Spender became involved. Num Pages: 350 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160. Weight in Grams: 644. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016490
- ISBN
- 9780715629482
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788323330899
- ISBN
- 9788323330899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.52
€ 49.99
€ 35.52
paperback. By examining these competing depictions of combat that coexist in sixteenth-century texts ranging from Arthurian romance to early modern medical texts, this study reveals both the importance of combat in understanding the humanist subject and the contours of the previously neglected pre-modern subject. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 271 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- SKU
- V9781349298600
- ISBN
- 9781349298600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Paperback. The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, did symbolic as well as literal damage. This book includes two interlinked essays that proposes the notion of virtual traumato that describe the cultural wound that this name-date both deflects and relays. It examines the historical and philosophical infrastructure of the notion of war on terror. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFC; JPWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823231249
- ISBN
- 9780823231249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.32
€ 45.99
€ 41.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Murphy, Lizz. Num Pages: 373 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DQ; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Spinifex Press Australia
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 373
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781875559510
- ISBN
- 9781875559510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.79
€ 19.99
€ 14.79
Hardback. Based on papers presented at the joint meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies and the Canadian Association for Irish Studies held in the summer of 2014 at University College Dublin. Editor(s): Mannion, Elizabeth. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 179 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137539397
- ISBN
- 9781137539397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.61
€ 63.61
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSB; TBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1243.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Vieweg+teubner Verlag United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663120759
- ISBN
- 9783663120759
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.79
€ 101.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Saetre, Lars; Lombardo, Patrizia; Zanetta, Julien. Num Pages: 451 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779345584
- ISBN
- 9788779345584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 44.73
€ 45.99
€ 44.73
Hardback. It seeks to restore poetry to its rightful place as a crucial source for interpreting the rich cultural and intellectual life of the era. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887222
- ISBN
- 9780801887222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.26€ 63.06
€ 70.26
€ 63.06
Hardcover. Part of the "Macmillan Interviews and Recollections" series, this book reviews Doyle's life and career through a compilation of memoirs by contemporaries, interviews, and selections from his autobiography "Memoirs and Adventures". Editor(s): Orel, Harold. Series: Interviews & Recollections. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 501.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333510223
- ISBN
- 9780333510223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.70
€ 186.70
Paperback. Although William James was a significant presence in Paris in the early 20th century, the role he played in the creation of Marcel Proust's ground-breaking novel A la recherche du temps perdu has been neglected by scholars. Much of what made Proust's novel so original stems from James's writings, which were available to Proust in translation. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498556316
- ISBN
- 9781498556316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.23
€ 61.23
Paperback. In this study, David Bethea illustrates the relation between the art and life of 19th-century poet Alexander Pushkin, the central figure in Russian thought and culture. Bethea shows how Pushkin, on the eve of this 200th anniversary, still speaks to our time. Series: Wisconsin Centre for Pushkin Studies S. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299159740
- ISBN
- 9780299159740
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.40
€ 24.99
€ 21.40
Hardback. Offers an interpretation of politics and identity in Ovid's epic poem of transformations, "The Metamorphoses". Examining the emphatically fictional character of the poem, this book argues that Ovid uses the problem of fiction in the text to redefine the power of poetry in Augustan Rome. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691138145
- ISBN
- 9780691138145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.60€ 55.91
€ 72.60
€ 55.91
Paperback. "With an expanded glossary and new readings"--P. [1] of cover. Editor(s): Hasenfratz, Robert. Num Pages: 577 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 205 x 32. Weight in Grams: 990.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- West Virginia University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933202747
- ISBN
- 9781933202747
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.63€ 48.70
€ 52.63
€ 48.70
Hardback. Through a series of theoretically informed readings, this book explores the uncanny effectivity of history in its seeming absence in canonical works by Burke, Wordsworth, Keats, and Baudelaire written in the shadow of the French Revolution and the Revolution of 1848. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725446
- ISBN
- 9780804725446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardcover. In its specially commissioned 14 chapters, this book discusses a range of issues around the theme of male spirituality in the 19th century, drawing from history, cultural studies, art history and literary criticism. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HRC; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333802533
- ISBN
- 9780333802533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.69
€ 122.69
Paperback. Series: Prairie State Book. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252061646
- ISBN
- 9780252061646
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.42
€ 21.99
€ 21.42
Hardback. An examination of Sophocles' "Antigone" in the context of its setting in 5th-century Athens. The authors attempt to create an interpretive environment that is true to the issues and interests of 5th-century Athenians, as opposed to those of modern scholars and philosophers. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692163
- ISBN
- 9780847692163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.91
€ 175.91
Hardback. This book investigates what happens to the English language when it seeks to accommodate India and what happens to India when it is accommodated within the language of a far-off European country. It explores the work of writers from Kipling to Salman Rushdie, Ghandhi to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333467053
- ISBN
- 9780333467053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.03
€ 186.03
Paperback. Editor(s): Haight, Gordon S.; VanArsdel, T. Num Pages: 174 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 247.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349059713
- ISBN
- 9781349059713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.99
€ 62.99
Hardback. Series: New Antiquity. Num Pages: 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319547220
- ISBN
- 9783319547220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.78
€ 133.78